tci E/M Coding Alert - 2015 Issue 11

ICD-10 Spotlight: Primary Care: Pinpoint Infectious vs. Noninfectious Gastroenteritis

The tests ordered can help guide you in the right direction. When your provider documents that a patient has gastroenteritis, before you can choose a code, you will have to check if the condition is infectious or noninfectious gastroenteritis. The good news is that you have a one-to-one transition codes for the different types of non-infectious gastroenteritis in the ICD-10 set of codes. ICD-9: When reporting a diagnosis of gastroenteritis due to drugs or food allergies, you had two ICD-9 codes to choose from: 558.2 (Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis) 558.3 (Allergic gastroenteritis and colitis) If the gastroenteritis...

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